I'm sitting here staring at my current facebook profile pic - not for vanity's
sake, but for the sole purpose of giving God praise! I praise Him that I
don't look like what I've been through. I praise Him that this pic was
taken at a time when I was forcing myself to get out of bed each day and
make the conscious choice to continue. I'd recently lost my angel
Shamara Christian, and I was taking one step at a time to pick up the
shattered pieces of my broken heart and go on. I praise God that I'd
chosen to keep trusting Him and to love Him again, despite what I felt
He took from me. I look at this pic and I see a strong, brave chocolate
woman...with a GORGEOUS smile! And I love her!!! I haven't always been
able to say that...especially the chocolate part! It's sad how many
years I wasted seeing my brown skin as ugly, shameful, dirty, inferior.
Now, I finally see the me that God fearfully and wonderfully made, and
I'm proud of her. She has endured pain, hurt, betrayal, disappointment,
fear, loss, abuse, abandonment, rejection, sadness, anger, self-hatred,
low self-esteem and more, but she is STILL HERE!!! With God's help, I've
endured all that! I've gained victory over it all! It doesn't matter
that some of them ALMOST took me out. It doesn't matter that I just
barely won some of those battles. A win is a win whether it's by 1 final
shot at the last second of the game or by a 20 point lead! Not every
game is a blowout, but I know that with Christ, I win EVERY time!!!
#GAMEON #VictoryInJesus #Undefeated #MoreThanAConqueror!!!
Sharon C.
1/30/14
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